It's a little more complicated than this -- see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demarcation_problem
In some cases it is easy, in some it is difficult if not impossible, even from a practical point of view. But this is a problem not just for Wikipedia but is also a major problem dealt with in areas relating to law as well (i.e. what diagnosis/assessment is admissable as evidence).
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On 12/12/05, Guettarda guettarda@gmail.com wrote:
No, not really - pseudoscience is a term for something which adopts the appearances of the scientific method, and claims to be scientific, without actually using the scientific method. The difference between science and pseudoscience is fairly clear. It isn't really an expression of an opinion. If something can be objectively described as science or pseudoscience, then it isn't POV. (Of course you could go into a long debate about the nature of reality, but for our purposes I think we have to assume we know what is is).
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